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This startup wants to help you speed through airport security lines

Not having to wait in long lines makes all the difference
when it comes to quickly navigating your way through the
airport.

That's where Clear
comes in. Clear is a company that's using biometric scanning
technology to help customers speed through security at the
airport. Clear uses your fingerprints and iris
images to confirm your identity, allowing you to go straight to
the physical screening portion of TSA with the tap of a finger or
blink of an eye.

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Clear can quickly confirm your identity.

Here's how it works:
when you sign up, Clear will digitally authenticate your driver's
license or passport and ask you a few personalized data
questions. Next, it will link your fingerprints, iris images, and
face to your identity.

Instead of lining up to have TSA check your identification,
Clear members can head directly to a branded pod and quickly have
their iris or fingerprints scanned, then head straight to the
metal detectors and bag scans.

Travelers can already take advantage of the service at San
Francisco International Airport and San Jose International
Airport, in addition to 13 other airports and several
professional sports facilities. According to CEO Caryn
Seidman-Becker, Clear members typically get through airport
security in just five minutes.

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Clear members can skip having to wait in line to have their identification checked by TSA.

The company is also experimenting with biometric boarding
passes (which are already available at the San Jose International
Airport), biometric bag tags, biometric lounge access, and
biometric payment options, to truly create a seamless
curb-to-gate experience for travelers.

"We want people to use the service like an ecosystem,"
Seidman-Becker said. "Biometrics is going mainstream
... six years ago, it used to just be used in the defense space,
but now consumers are getting more and more comfortable with
them. This is where the world is going, and we want
us to be leading the way with it."

Clear is certified as an anti-terrorism technology by the
Department of Homeland Security. Besides
airports, it is also available in major sports
stadiums like Yankee Stadium, Coors Field,
Marlins Park, American Airlines Arena, and AT&T
Park. Not only can members use Clear to navigate
through long stadium entrance lines, but they can
take advantage of services like touch-to-pay
concessions.

Clear
has raised at least $20 million in venture capital from an
investment group that includes T. Rowe Price and former
executives of the Priceline Group. In April of this year, Clear
announced a partnership with Delta to bring the technology to
more airports across America.